2010–11 Crawley Town F.C. season
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2014}}
{{Infobox football club season
| club = Crawley Town
| season = 2010–11
| chairman = Victor Marley
| manager = Steve Evans
| league = Conference National
| league result = 1st (promoted)
| cup1 = FA Cup
| cup1 result = Fifth round
| cup2 = FA Trophy
| cup2 result = First round
| cup3 = Sussex Senior Cup
| cup3 result = Second round
| league topscorer = Matt Tubbs (37)
| season topscorer = Matt Tubbs (40)
| highest attendance = 4,108 vs Derby County, FA Cup, 10 January 2011
| lowest attendance = 1,300
| prevseason = 2009–10
| nextseason = 2011–12
}}
The 2010–11 season was the 61st season in which Crawley Town played senior football, and their seventh in the Football Conference. On 1 July 2010, following a number of signings, the club held a press conference to declare their intentions for the coming season. They confirmed that the club had cleared £1,000,000 of debt and was now debt-free, and that Bruce Winfield has bought the shareholding formerly held by the Prospect Estates group. On 9 April, Crawley won the Conference National, beating Tamworth 3–0, and by doing this they will be a Football League club for the first time in their history.
Season summary
Prior to the beginning of the season, the club spent around £600,000 on players, signing the likes of Matt Tubbs from Salisbury City, Sergio Torres from Peterborough United and Richard Brodie from York City for a non-league record fee, financed in part by anonymous Far Eastern investors.{{Cite news |last=Conn |first=David |date=18 February 2011 |title=Ownership doubts threaten to ruin romance of Crawley Town's FA Cup tie |language=en |work=The Guardian |url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/david-conn-inside-sport-blog/2011/feb/18/crawley-town-manchester-united-fa-cup |access-date=8 August 2020}}{{Cite news |date=23 June 2020 |title=When Crawley Town succeeded in 'Project Promotion' |language=en-GB |work=The Non-League Paper |url=https://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/features/30880/when-crawley-town-succeeded-in-project-promotion/ |access-date=8 August 2020}} The club saw success in the league losing just thrice all season before being promoted to the Football League for the first time in their history on 9 April 2011 following a 3–0 victory away to Tamworth.{{Cite news |last=Jackson |first=Jamie |date=9 April 2011 |title=Crawley Town achieve Football League status to match their millions |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/apr/09/crawley-town-football-league-finances |access-date=8 August 2020 |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |date=9 April 2011 |title=Tamworth 0–3 Crawley Town |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_conf/9451168.stm |access-date=8 August 2020 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}} They finished top of the league on 105 points, a division record. The club also saw success in the FA Cup, reaching the fifth round of the competition before being eliminated by eventual Premier League champions and FA Cup semi-finalists Manchester United.{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Paul |date=19 February 2011 |title=Manchester United 1–0 Crawley Town – FA Cup fifth-round match report |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/feb/19/manchester-united-crawley-town-fa-cup |access-date=8 August 2020 |issn=0029-7712}}
In 2017, football magazine FourFourTwo rated the Crawley Town team of the 2010–11 season the 21st most hated team of all time in British football, as a result of the club's significant financial backing and their unpopular manager Steve Evans, who was found guilty of tax evasion at his previous club Boston United.{{Cite web |last=Lea |first=Greg |date=12 April 2017 |title=Ranked! The 30 most hated ever teams in British football: 30–21 |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-30-most-hated-ever-teams-british-football-30-21 |access-date=8 August 2020 |website=FourFourTwo |language=en}} Due to the club's significant financial backing from anonymous foreign investors, they were referred to as the 'Manchester City' of non-league football.{{Cite web |last=Doyle |first=Joe |date=18 February 2011 |title=Introducing Crawley Town – The Manchester City Of Non-League Football With Their Sights Set On An Old Trafford Upset |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/9/english-football/2011/02/18/2357732/introducing-crawley-town-the-manchester-city-of-non-league |access-date=8 August 2020 |website=Goal}}{{Cite news |date=30 January 2011 |title=Non league Crawley to play Man Utd in FA Cup dream tie |language=en |work=The Sunday Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/non-league-crawley-to-play-man-utd-in-fa-cup-dream-tie-m3phgsvnxqq |access-date=8 August 2020 |issn=0140-0460}} The anonymous owner was later revealed to be Hong-Kong-based Paul Hayward.
Match results
Crawley Town results given first
=Legend=
class="wikitable" |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"|Win
| style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Draw | style="background:#ffd0e3;"|Loss |
=Friendlies=
=Conference National=
{{for|information on this season's Conference National|2010–11 Football Conference}}
class="wikitable"
|+ !Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers!!Notes |
style="background:#ffd0e3;"
|14 August 2010 |Home |0–1 |2428 | |
style="background:#f3f3f3;"
|17 August 2010 |Away |2–2 |2558 |Tubbs (2) |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|21 August 2010 |Away |1–0 |776 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|24 August 2010 |Home |2–1 |1,252 |Tubbs, McAllister(pen) |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|28 August 2010 |Away |3–0 |320 |McAllister (2) Torres |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|30 August 2010 |Home |1–0 |1,458 |
style="background:#f3f3f3;"
|4 September 2010 |Home |1–1 |1,637 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|11 September 2010 |Away |2–0 |497 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|18 September 2010 |Home |2–1 |1,412 |Tubbs (2) |
style="background:#ffd0e3;"
|21 September 2010 |Away |1–2 |4,018 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|25 September 2010 |Away |1–0 |1,162 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|28 September 2010 |Home |3–1 |1,355 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|2 October 2010 |Home |2–0 |1,483 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|5 October 2010 |Away |2–1 |6,895 |
style="background:#f3f3f3;"
|9 October 2010 |Away |1–1 |1,155 |
style="background:#ffd0e3;"
|16 October 2010 |Home |2–3 |2,566 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|30 October 2010 |Away |4–1 |2,615 |Bulman McAllister (2) Tubbs |
style="background:#f3f3f3;"
|13 November 2010 |Away |1–1 |2,012 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|20 November 2010 |Home |7–0 |1,331 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|1 January 2011 |Home |3–1 |1,894 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|3 January 2011 |Away |3–0 |1,027 |McAllister Tubbs (2) |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|15 January 2011 |Home | 2–1 |1,812 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|18 January 2011 |Away |2–0 |836 |Tubbs (2) |
style="background:#f3f3f3;"
|22 January 2011 |Away |0–0 |3,382 | |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|25 January 2011 |Home |3–0 |3,241 |McAllister (2) Cook |
style="background:#f3f3f3;"
|3 February 2011 |Away |0–0 |1,216 | |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|12 February 2011 |Home |3–2 |3,331 |Tubbs (3) |
style="background:#f3f3f3;"
|15 February 2011 |Away |0–0 |4,630 | |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|22 February 2011 |Home |1–0 |3,721 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|26 February 2011 |Home |3–2 |3,941 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|5 March 2011 |Home |5–0 |3,031 |
style="background:#f3f3f3;"
|8 March 2011 |Away |0–0 |1,816 | |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|12 March 2011 |Away |2–1 |2,027 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|15 March 2011 |Home |5–2 |2,236 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|18 March 2011 |Home |3–1 |4,054 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|22 March 2011 |Away |2–1 |2,054 |
style="background:#f3f3f3;"
|26 March 2011 |Away |0–0 |751 | |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|29 March 2011 |Home |2–0 |3,162 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|2 April 2011 |Home |1–0 |3,554 |
style="background:#f3f3f3;"
|5 April 2011 |Away |1–1 |3,060 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|9 April 2011 |Away |3–0 |1,569 |Tubbs (2) Wassmer |
style="background:#f3f3f3;"
|12 April 2011 |Home |1–1 |3,326 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|16 April 2011 |Away |4–0 |1,011 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|22 April 2011 |Home |4–0 |3,083 |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|25 April 2011 |Away |1–0 |2,026 |
style="background:#f3f3f3;"
|30 April 2011 |Home |1–1 |2,945 | Tubbs |
= FA Cup =
{{for|information on this season's FA Cup|2010–11 FA Cup}}
class="wikitable"
|+ !Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers!!Notes |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|4Q |23 October 2010 |Away |1–0 |2,274 |Craig McAllister | |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|1R |6 November 2010 |Away |5–0 | |Matt Tubbs, Scott Neilson, Danny Hall, Richard Brodie, Sergio Torres | |
style="background:#f3f3f3;"
|2R |26 November 2010 |Home |1–1 |3,895 |Matt Tubbs | |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|2RR |7 December 2010 |Away |3–2 AET |2,995 |Ben Smith, Michael Rose (OG), Ben Smith | |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|3R |10 January 2011 |Home |2–1 |4,145 |Craig McAllister, Sergio Torres | |
style="background:#d0ffe3;"
|4R |29 January 2011 |Away |1–0 |5,065 |Matt Tubbs | |
style="background:#ffd0e3;"
|5R |19 February 2011 |Away |0–1 |74,778 | | |
= FA Trophy =
{{for|information on this season's FA Trophy|2010–11 FA Trophy}}
class="wikitable"
|+ !Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers!!Notes |
style="background:#f3f3f3;"
|1 |11 December 2010 |Dartford |Home |3–3 |1,031 | |
style="background:#ffd0e3;"
|1R |14 December 2010 |Dartford |Away |0–1 |605 | | |
=Sussex Senior Cup=
class="wikitable"
|+ !Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers!!Notes |
style="background:#ffd0e3;"
|2 |16 November 2010 |Away |0–2 |180 | – |
Player statistics
:Correct as of 23 April 2011. Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes.
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rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;"|No.
! rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;"|Pos. !rowspan="2"|Name ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;"|League ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;"|FA Cup ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;"|FA Trophy ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;"|Total ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;"|Discipline | |||||||||||
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Apps
!Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !13px !13px | |||||||||||
align="left"|1 | align="left"|GK | align="left"|Michel Kuipers
|26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
align="left"|2 | align="left"|MF | align="left"|Simon Rusk
|9 (7) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (8) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
align="left"|3 | align="left"|DF | align="left"|Sam Rents
|4 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
align="left"|4 | align="left"|MF | align="left"|Eddie Hutchinson
|1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
align="left"|4 | align="left"|MF | align="left"|David Hunt
|22 (3) | 1 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 (5) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
align="left"|5 | align="left"|DF | align="left"|Adam Quinn
|11 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
align="left"|5 | align="left"|DF | align="left"|John Dempster
|8 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (2) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
align="left"|6 | align="left"|DF | align="left"|Danny Hall
|9 (5) | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 (5) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
align="left"|7 | align="left"|MF | align="left"|Ben Smith
|22 (7) | 4 | 6 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 (8) | 6 | 2 | 0 |
align="left"|8 | align="left"|MF | align="left"|Sergio Torres
|34 (5) | 4 | 6 (1) | 2 | 1 (1) | 0 | 40 (7) | 6 | 7 | 0 |
align="left"|9 | align="left"|FW | align="left"|Matt Tubbs
|38 (3) | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 45 (3) | 40 | 5 | 0 |
align="left"|10 | align="left"|FW | align="left"|Liam Enver-Marum
|1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
align="left"|10 | align="left"|MF | align="left"|Josh Simpson
|21 (6) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 (6) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
align="left"|11 | align="left"|MF | align="left"|Steve Masterton
|12 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 (1) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
align="left"|12 | align="left"|GK | align="left"|Nick Jordan
|5 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
align="left"|14 | align="left"|FW | align="left"|Craig McAllister
|28 (13) | 12 | 6 (1) | 2 | 1 (1) | 1 | 35 (15) | 15 | 0 | 0 |
align="left"|15 | align="left"|DF | align="left"|Darragh Ryan
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
align="left"|15 | align="left"|MF | align="left"|Dannie Bulman
|31 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
align="left"|16 | align="left"|DF | align="left"|Glenn Wilson
|32 (7) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 (7) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
align="left"|17 | align="left"|MF | align="left"|Barry Cogan
|2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
align="left"|17 | align="left"|MF | align="left"|Willie Gibson
|11 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (3) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
align="left"|18 | align="left"|FW | align="left"|Jamie Cook
|6 (15) | 2 | 1 (5) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 (20) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
align="left"|19 | align="left"|MF | align="left"|Michael Malcolm
|0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
align="left"|19 | align="left"|MF | align="left"|James Dance
|2 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (5) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
align="left"|20 | align="left"|MF | align="left"|Chris Flood
|0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
align="left"|20 | align="left"|DF | align="left"|Charlie Wassmer
|10 (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (2) | 2 | 5 | 1 |
align="left"|21 | align="left"|MF | align="left"|Byron Napper
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
align="left"|22 | align="left"|MF | align="left"|Pablo Mills
|32 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
align="left"|23 | align="left"|DF | align="left"|Dean Howell
|35 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 42 (2) | 1 | 3 | 1 |
align="left"|24 | align="left"|MF | align="left"|Jai Reason
|0 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
align="left"|26 | align="left"|MF | align="left"|Scott Neilson
|24 (3) | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 29 (4) | 6 | 6 | 0 |
align="left"|27 | align="left"|DF | align="left"|Kyle McFadzean
|34 (3) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
align="left"|29 | align="left"|FW | align="left"|Richard Brodie
|25 (13) | 11 | 1 (5) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 (18) | 13 | 9 | 0 |
align="left"|30 | align="left"|GK | align="left"|Scott Shearer
|15 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Annual awards
= Crawley News Player of the Year =
= Crawley Observer Player of the Year =
= Crawley Observer Young Player of the Year =
= CTFC.net Player of the Year =
Transfers
=In=
=Out=
See also
Notes
{{notelist}}
References
;General
- [http://www.crawleytownfc.com Crawley Town F.C. Official Website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130302201834/http://ctfc.net/ CTFC.net]
- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crawley_town/default.stm BBC Sport Crawley Town site]
;Specific
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{Cite news |last=Dart |first=Tom |date=2011-01-31 |title=Free spending Crawley Town break mould of non League giant killers |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/875b2e18-07ae-42c2-9fd4-0cd98ab51f97 |access-date=2025-04-14 |work=The Times |language=en}}
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